Yesterday we had or first bike/run ‘brick’.  We met at Almaden Lake in San Jose, and started with an out and back ride along Santa Teresa Blvd.  This was our longest ride yet, but it wasn’t particularly hilly.

The ride took around 1:30 (I started my iPhone ‘mapmyrun’ way too early which is why this chart is off).  When we finished the ride we put our bikes on our cars and headed out for a short 2 – 2.5 mile run.  When I first heard we were only going 2 miles I thought that seemed very short, but these coaches know what they are doing and there was a reason it was only that distance!  When I started running my legs felt like jelly and I really struggled to get going.  In addition it was starting to warm up in San Jose, and that 2 miles ended up being quite a challenge.  Certainly a wake-up call, and a realization that you need to get super fit to complete a triathlon – lucky I still have almost 3 months to go until my event.